The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 115 media and press freedom organizations sent a letter last week to officials in Minnesota, demanding that law enforcement officers immediately stop attacks against credentialed, clearly identifiable journalists covering nationwide protests in response to a white Minneapolis police officer killing George Floyd, a Black man, on […]
By Jason Tayer VFILES is a powerful newsletter that appeals to young audiences around the world regarding music, fashion, and other trending pop culture pieces. Their site contains various collections of video, image, or music posts, which are called vfiles. Individuals can create their own profiles on the site and begin uploading and sharing vfiles […]
W.E.B. Du Bois spent many decades fighting to ensure that African Americans could claim their place as full citizens and thereby fulfill the deeply compromised ideals of American democracy. Yet he died in Africa, having apparently given up on the United States. In this tour-de-force, Elvira Basevich examines this paradox by tracing the development of […]
FPWA’s chief executive officer and executive director, Jennifer Jones Austin, and Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, president of Repairers of the Breach and national co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, will hold a virtual rally on June 9 to bring attention to the campaign’s Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington, to […]
On June 1st, thirty minutes before DC’s curfew, Attorney General Barr ordered an escalation of police force to clear protestors on a public street outside of the White House. That’s not just an abuse of power — it’s a violation of our constitutional rights. Sign your name here to condemn breaking up peaceful protesters and […]
The Poor People’s Campaign calls for a national fasting of food, systematic racism, systematic poverty, and denial of health care.
In light of recent events, Project Veritas today released a video exposing the violent nature of the controversial group known as antifa. “Depending on the setting, if I were to be caught or found out in a setting where I am present with them, it could escalate to violence against me,” said the Project Veritas […]
For the last few days, we have been witnessing a popular uprising across this country against racism and anti-Black violence. As the number of victims of police brutality mounts, their names will forever be attached to this moment of national reckoning—Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony McDade, David McAtee. Many have come before them. At the […]
Pastoral Letter to America from social justice leader Rev. Barber echoed in Biden speech The words of social justice leader Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II are being echoed by Joe Biden, the former vice president who spoke to the nation Tuesday. “To paraphrase Rev. Barber: It’s the mourning when we find hope,” Biden said […]
On the evening of Monday, June 1, President Trump said that he could use the Insurrection Act to enact military force during protests. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense Strategy and retired Brigadier General Michael C.H. McDaniel, associate dean at WMU-Cooley Law School, says “It is plausible that the President could use the military […]
